ResEARCHERS
OUR TEAM
DISELMA brings together a collective of researchers from different subdisciplines of communication science and universities across Germany to investigate the multi-level and multi-perspective phenomena of digital media in chronic disease self-management.
Areas of expertise include health communication and mobile communication and their linkage, the study of organizational communication, journalism studies, and the study of communication of technology, as well as research on media and technology adoption, lifestyle integration, and use and effects of digital media.
Principal Investigators
Research Team
Advisory Board
- Prof. Dr. Arul Chib, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Expert in mHealth research - Prof. Dr. rer. biol. hum. Marie-Luise Dierks, Hannover Medical School
Expert in patient orientation, experiences, and expectations in medical care and self-management - Prof. Dr. Lee Humphreys, Cornell University
Expert in mobile communication - Dr. Annett Schulze, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Expert in health and risk communication and mHealth - Associate Prof. Dr. Jessica Vitak, University of Maryland
Expert in ethical and privacy implications of new technologies - Prof. Dr. med. Horst Vollmar, Ruhr-University Bochum
Expert in general medical practice and digital health - Assistant Prof. Dr. Lara Wolfers, University of Amsterdam
Expert in coping research
Participating Universities
The Research Unit DISELMA is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) – 456132969.
